First names in Hebrew

First name Steve: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

סטיב

Gematria value: 81

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Steve is written סטיב

Steve is short for Steven and Stephen.

Meaning and origin

What does Steve mean?

Meaning: "crown"
Origin: Greek

Steven comes from the Greek Stephanos, "crown, wreath". Stephen is the older English spelling, Steve the short form. It was one of the most given boys' names in America in the 1950s and 1960s.

Gematria

Steve = 81

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. סטיב has 4 letters:

• סthe letter Samekh60
• טthe letter Tet9
• יthe letter Yod10
• בthe letter Bet2
• Total81

The verse of the name

From the letter Samekh to the letter Bet

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. No verse without a divine Name runs exactly from ס to ב: we then take the closest letter by sound, here from ס to ו.

סוּר מֵרָע וַעֲשֵׂה־טוֹב בַּקֵּשׁ שָׁלוֹם וְרׇדְפֵהוּ׃

“Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.”

Psalms 34:15

The book of your first name

Steve, in nine pages

• Steve, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Steve
• Steve, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Steve in three answers

How do you write Steve in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Steve is written סטיב. Steve is short for Steven and Stephen.

What is the gematria value of Steve?
Written סטיב, Steve is worth 81: the letter Samekh (60) + the letter Tet (9) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Bet (2).

What does Steve mean?
Crown (origin: Greek). Steven comes from the Greek Stephanos, "crown, wreath". Stephen is the older English spelling, Steve the short form. It was one of the most given boys' names in America in the 1950s and 1960s.